The failure of plans and strategies for “protecting modesty and hijab” in society/ Amir Razzaghi

No text provided. Amir Razaqi The examination of the policy-making and criminalization of improper veiling in the Islamic Republic of Iran reveals the inseparable role of the concept of hijab from the official policies of the system. Improper veiling is considered a catalyst for the spread of moral corruption in society and is seen as […]...

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From the Jandalallah tour to the Ershad tour / Saeed Aganji

This is not a valid Farsi text. Please provide a valid text for translation. Saeed Aganji When we look at the images of the people’s struggles before February 1979, we see many women who were not bound by hijab in these images and played an important role in the revolutionary struggles. The issue of hijab […]...

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Book Introduction: The Islamic Veil in the Time of the Prophet

The controversial book “Islamic Hijab in the Time of the Prophet”, written by Amir Hossein Tarkashvand, is a research on the Quran and religious texts. The book, which did not receive a permit from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and therefore has never been officially published, was released in the virtual space and […]...

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“Shaparak Shojai Zadeh: A beautiful day will come / Zahra Bagheri is happy.”

This is a caption. Zahra Bagheri is happy. Since the beginning of 2018, a limited number of Iranian women have protested against compulsory hijab. They stand on electrical boxes on the streets, place their headscarves on a stick, and shake it. This is their way of protesting. Despite the fact that the number of these […]...

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Girls of Enghelab Street and redefining methods of struggle/ Mehrak Kamali

This is a caption.Mehrak Kamali. Cash protest against the March 8 gathering in front of the Ministry of Labor. Winter of 2017 in Iran was a season of experimenting with new methods of protesting against the current state of affairs, alongside traditional methods. The street movement of the Revolution Girls and the December protests in […]...

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“Compulsory Hijab”, the most widespread sexual-gender discrimination / Elahe Amani

This is a caption. Goddess Amani After nearly a decade, the fire that seemed to be buried in the ashes without any movement, once again flared up. After the last gathering of women on March 8th – February 17th, 2007 – women and men once again gathered in front of the Ministry of Labor to […]...

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Book Introduction: Hijab and Intellectuals

Nushin Ahmadi Khorasani is one of the pioneers of the women’s movement and one of the founding members of the One Million Signature Campaign for changing discriminatory laws in Iran. She is also a publisher and has published numerous books and publications. The book “Hijab and Intellectuals” is only one of the dozens of books […]...

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Niloufar Beizaei: In Iranian cinema, women’s rebellion is ridiculed.

Niloufar Beydai, a playwright and theater director, was born in Tehran on January 15, 1967. In 1985, she was forced to leave the country and moved to Germany. She studied German literature, theater, cinema, and television, and education in this country. After completing her studies in 1994, she founded the theater group “Darycheh” in Frankfurt […]...

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Mohammad Tangestani: Chastity has no meaning in cinema/ Simin Rouzgar

  Conversation with Simin Rouzgar Mohammad Tangestani is a poet and journalist. He has experience working with various artistic and social publications in Iran, and is the author of books such as “Amir Zahra” and “Citizen of the World”. In the past two years, he has specialized in the field of censorship and self-censorship. In […]...

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Enforcing hijab on children is one form of child abuse/ Soosan Mohammadkhani Ghiasvand

The translation is: “Persian language” Sousan Mohammadkhani Ghiasvand I didn’t have a good feeling about getting tangled up in a chador and mantoo. From the age of six or seven, a distance began to grow between me and my playmates. A few years later, I felt alienated from my own body. I was afraid of […]...

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Women’s sports in Iran, barriers and cold war/ Ali Kalaii

This is a picture of a beautiful flower. Ali Kalai Everything started from the revolution of Bahman 57. It was there that gender segregation began and a wall was built between women and men that has lasted for about four decades. A wall that has hindered progress and growth for half of the Iranian society […]...

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